With the money he will be making on the Toyota that he put the OEM Filter on and he stated before that he eats $9 sandwiches he could afford a nice hotel
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2000 miles roundtrip to pick up a part instead of having it shipped.
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I grew up in Gary and made it out without any additional holes in my body, but to an outsider Iād never recommend staying there. There are at least 3 active gangs, and while itās not terribly risky to drive thru on main roads while the sun is upā¦ in the last few years there have been multiple cops executed in their unmarked vehicles where they were just sitting; somebody ran up to their car, emptied their likely numbers-free Glock into the unsuspecting officer, and took off. Nobody seen nuthin, because they donāt want to be next.
About the only relatively safe place to be in Gary after dark is in the RailCats stadium (well-lit and numerous cameras) or on 80/94 moving with traffic about 30mph over the posted speed limit.
Yeah, find one that doesn't have too many cleanliness complaints and odds are its fine, if not, drive away and go the next $50 place or sleep in the car. I would find something to do though to break up the trip and make it 4 or 5 days or more. I mountain bike so I'd bring one along and hit some trails.
+1 do not stop in Gary and stay on i80. It's cool to drive through the skyway at least once in a lifetime, during the day to see all the crazy amount of abandoned iron mills, railroads, and ports though.
Drove through/by Gary many times in 1,000,000 plus miles expediting. Never stopped and never would. I did 1007 miles one time when my father had a stroke. Learned all I needed to know from that and thankfully I'm smart and never did such a foolish thing again.
We accidentally stayed in Gary, Indiana once. Young and broke, camping and trying to stay out of the way of thunderstorms with potential tornadoes. Just kept driving. Eventually got so tired we had to stop. We were in Gary, Indiana.
Slept well. Woke up in the morning to find barbed wire around the top of the wall around the motel parking lot. Got out of there as fast as possible.
It was one of life's experiences.
Slept well. Woke up in the morning to find barbed wire around the top of the wall around the motel parking lot. Got out of there as fast as possible.
It was one of life's experiences.
The bill goes up when you go out after a nice rest, fire up old betsy, and it sounds like a dragster because the Cat was just taken.
Just too many headaches driving such distance.
Just too many headaches driving such distance.
Just checked into the econolodge. $44.99 plus $5.40 tax.16 1/2 hour drive. Trip computer says 67.8 mpg for 1022 miles.
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For $400 savings? LOL would be my answer (I think I can make the money back doing McD job at $17/hr). For $4000 savings I probably would.
My biggest concern would likely be, what if I get there and found out the seller screwed up and I can't buy that battery, then I'm out all that time and money. If I have him ship it to me and he screw up then he would pay for the shipping, take it back, etc.
If I want a lithium Insight I would probably buy a different car instead. If I want an insight I'd just use NiMH and call it a day.
My biggest concern would likely be, what if I get there and found out the seller screwed up and I can't buy that battery, then I'm out all that time and money. If I have him ship it to me and he screw up then he would pay for the shipping, take it back, etc.
If I want a lithium Insight I would probably buy a different car instead. If I want an insight I'd just use NiMH and call it a day.
Or better yet sell the insight as is and buy an already converted insight from someone else
How many people driving newer Mercedes and BMW drive 10 miles out of their way to save 10 cents a gallon on gas?
I like to fix the cars I'm selling to maximize returns. And good luck finding one already done (and done right) for under $6-8K.
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Very glad the trip worked out for you. We value our time differently, and risk/ reward differently.
You are very successful in what you do, and I suspect when you die they will be finding huge quantities of money hidden all over your residence, and all over the country. I feel bad for the future executor of your estate. It would not surprise me in the least if your net worth is in the top ten percent of all Americans.
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Comon now, you don't have a safe full of gold.... And coins hidden all over? It would not surprise me if you did. And if I did, I would not disclose it either.
Coins and gold are for suckers with an apocalypse mentality.
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Not buying it. If the safe in your house or garage goes to auction sealed after your pass away, if I am still alive I will be bidding on your safe at auction.
https://m.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/sep/16/gold-worth-7-million-found-house-after-nevada-man-/
